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DISCIPLES FILM COMMUNICATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY ( DIFICOP )

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OUR ACTIVITIES/SERVICES. INCLUDE THE UNDERLISTED:

FILM INSTITUTE
FILM RESOURCES
FILM PRODUCTION CONSULTANCY
FILM DIRECTING
PUBLICATIONS
PROVISION OF CAST AND CREW
FILM PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
ARTISTE MANAGEMENT
EDITING STUDIO
AUDIENCE RESEARCH
CONFERENCES
SEMINAR

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CURRICULUM OF DISCIPLES FILM AND TELEVISION INSTITUTE. ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN FILM PRODUCTION

FILM PRODUCTION AND ITS VALUES.
CHRISTIAN FILMS AND THE ELECTRONICS MEDIA.
CLASSIFICATION OF FILM PRODUCTIONS.
LOCATION ARRANGEMENTS AND LOGISTICS
SCRIPT WRITING AND SCRIPT ANALYSIS
AUDITIONING AND PROPER CASTING.
THE STAGES OF FILM REHEARSAL
THE PERSONALITY & ROLES OF PRODUCTION MANAGER
INDISPENSABLE TOOLS OF PRODUCTION
CAST AND CREW WELFARE.ON LOCATION
COSTUME AND MAKE UP MANAGEMENT
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF FILM PRODUCTION.
CAMERA MOVEMENT AND AND MANIPULATION
CONTINUITY IN FILM PRODUCTION.
DIRECTING A CHRISTIAN FILM.
EFFECTIVE ROLES INTERPRETATION AND ACTING.
THE PROCEDURE OF POST PRODUCTION.
MARKETING ,DISTRIBUTION,EXHIBITION OF CHRISTIAN PRODUCTION.
BUDGET CONTROL IN FILM PRODUCTION
CINTROVERSIAL ISSUES INFILM PRODUCTION
ITINERANT FILM OUTREACH MINISTRY
HAIR STYLING AND MAKE UP
ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY.
FILM CRITIQUE CLASS
EXCURSION.
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FILM OUTREACH CURRICULUM

VIDEO PROJECTOR
PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
PARTS OF VIDEO PROJECTOR
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
PROJECTOR CONNECTION AND OPERATION
TROUBLED SHOOTING
SCREEN STABILITY
FILM PROJECTOR IN OUTREACH MINISTRY
THE FILM PROJECTOR OPERATOR
PREPARATION FOR OUTING.
TAPES ,MESSAGES,INTERPRETER.
OPERATING TECHNIQUE.

POST PRODUCTIONS

. 1. INTRODUCTION TO POST PRODUCTION.
2. TYPES OF EDITING STUDIO
3.EDITING TECNIQUE
4.EQUIPMENTS FOR EDITING
5.CONNECTIONS AND LOGGING
6. TAPES AND RUSHES
7. EFFECTS FORMATIONS
8. CUE IN OUT
9. INSERT
10. AUDIO DUB
11. CHRACTER GENERATION
12. MIXERS VIDEO –AUDIO.
13. PRACTICAL CLASS.

CAMERA WORKS

1.INTRODUCTION TO MOVIES CAMERA.
2.SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
3.PARTS OF MOVIES CAMERA.
4.CAMERA LANGUAGES.
5.TYPES OF SHOTS
6.CONNECTIONS
7.MONITOR USAGE
8.TRIPOD AND STABILITY OF SHOTS]
9.BACK LIGHT
10. .LIGHTENING.
11.TAPES ,
12CAMERAMAN,SHOOTING,JUMP CUT.
13 PICTURE QUALITY
14 .TROUBLED SHOOTING ,PRACTICAL ETC.

DIFICOP DIRECTOR,S PROFILE.

LADY EVANG.ESTHER ADEBISI
Is the executive director of DISCIPLES COMMUNICATION AND P RODUCTION she hold certificate and diploma in Christian drama arts and film productions.she presides over the affairs of the company with her husband EVANG. TITUS AYENI who also is a vibrant drama minister and the chief executive director of the company .

DIRECTOR

EVANG TITUS AYENI is a full time drama minister and film director of repute. He holds certificate, diploma,in drama evangelism and film production, He is deeply Involve in drama and film evangelism. The LORD is using him throughout Africa as a missionary drama evangelist; he honour Invitation to minister in conferences,seminar, on drama related topics. .

dificop media

dificop — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:25:48 CST

DIFICOP MULTIMEDIA At Dificop , we use video to help you and your organization solve problems ,meet challenges ,and get your message out to your target audience .from small projects such as documenting board meetings ,to large projects ,such as assisting with major capital campaigns ,we are ready to meet all of your video needs. Dificop customizes each video to meet your client’s needs .we help to visualize the client’s goals with video designs ranging from PBS style documentaries to music video style projects. Dificop utilizes its own in-house editing equipment ,VHS and DVD authority capabilities [including customized labeling], and duplication services ,and maintains close working contacts with other professionals [such as sound studios, translators, e.t.c]. Script to screen Whether you require a capital campaign video, general use video ,orientation video,,PSA ,or longer format video ,Dificop can take your project from concept to completion .we take the time to get to know your organization ,your facilities ,and your personnel ,enabling us to better craft your message and bring it to screen .we can support you through any and all aspects of preparation –script creation ,selection of interviewees ,visual considerations, and manner of distribution for your video. Documenting you legacy Whether archiving photos to DVD ,interviewing departing board members or employees , or more general documentation of your organization’s history, Dificop can provide all the personnel, equipment ,and expertise to assist you in preserving your history. Documenting board meetings and events Dificop can help you keep a living diary of events , such as annual board meetings, special committee meetings , or fund raisers . in addition to permanently capturing these events to video , Dificop can also enliven these experiences with multi-media presentations, used in conjunction with live speakers . Other services Dificop can also provide streaming video for the web, [for logos,etc],and animation of still photographs. DIFICOP MULTIMEDIA COMPANY A video production company. Dificop productions is a full service , script to screen video production company in Nigeria , we also fulfill our passion for cinematography as a film production company.whether it is a documentary ,independent film, corporate video , national TV/Web commercial ,or music video , Dificop productions can make your film or video production dream a reality. As a video production company, our process is designed to provide you with a robust video production infrastructure . We constantly pursue innovative approaches to create impacting media with our highly skilled creative team and cutting edge equipment . we are a unique video production company that thinks tomorrow’s productions are today’s creations.We dedicated to staying ahead of the creative and digital curves to produce out of the box and scalable video productions solutions . our forward thinking approaches means that our finished product will be useful for more than just a fleeting media moment and that means increased ROI for our clients . Learn more about how we can make your video productions dream a reality and schedule a free consultation meeting with our video production company. A film production company… As a film company ,we focus our social curiosity on developing independent films, documentaries and DVD featurettes that are adventurous ,intimate ,personal ,taboo- breaking ,and experimental . Our film production company strives to reach ,entertain ,and develop as artists who explore the unexamined in ways that shed new light on the human condition .please contact us today to learn how our film production company can help your development project get off the ground. Providing quality film production services …. One of the most famous anthropologists in the world ,Margaret Mead, once said ‘’ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful ,committed people can change the world . indeed ,it is the only thing that ever has “. At Dificop productions we seek to move forward everyday with every development project that we undertake . Our end goal: to MAKE MEANING. Through ground breaking documentaries , independent films ,and DVD featurettes we seek to challenge the status quo on a daily basis .We recognize the power of mass media, and that we are the instigators of change and the very foundation that it is built upon. Our production infrastructure is set up so that we can move seamlessly between a niche documentary about breaking down stigmas of mental health in Nigeria , to a compelling independent film production about the importance of living an authentic life, or even to the set of a large –scale Blockbuster to shoot DVD featurettes. Our job is clear. To turn our documentary cameras towards the stories of everyday lives that contain valuable lessons and can serve as both cautionary tales and examples to follow.To focus our lens on independent films that express vision ,shares ideas ,and uncover controversies. To open our aperture to reveal new opportunities in DVD home video that will break the mold of tradition’’ making of ‘’ videos. Providing quality video production services … As one of the most recognized companies in Nigeria and Africa video production community we employ the best and brightest video and film creators to provide the highest quality video productions services ,they provide a multitude of skills and environments for our productions and enable us to handle projects on all sides of the media industry . we gain stability by employing creative individuals with ranging from three to thirty – five years in video productions services ,thus providing a unique atmosphere for creating media that is both professional and on- the-edge. Our video production services include the best industry practices and equipment .We shoot almost exclusively on HD cameras to ensure that your production will be seen in the highest quality and stay ahead of the current standard. This paradigm is dedicated to achieving maximum ROI from the money you spend. Schedule a free consultation meeting to discuss our video production services. Nigeria and Africa Video Production Dificop Production is dedicated to bringing innovation and creativity to the Nigeria and Africa video production community we hire local talent and contract local businesses video production to provide quality Nigeria and Africa worth video production services ,Working with a broad spectrum of “ to fortune 100 companies in the country , we are proud to be a Nigeria and Africa video production company.

FILM MINISTRY

dificop — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:36:31 CST

DRAMA EVANGELISM

Contents of good Christian drama
This is just about the hardest question to answer in the world of Christian drama. It is not make any easier by the fact that different religions and beliefs have different perspectives and approach to it.
Nevertheless, there are things that are true, regardless of the tongues, tribe or nations. Let me start by looking at the nature and purpose of drama. Drama is theatre. This is where most Christian drama ministries/group go wrong. Drama is not sermon. However, this does not mean it can not contain a message
. But it does affect the way the message is passed across to the audience. So what do I mean by “Drama is theatre”? Drama is dramatic; it portrays the human condition such that it identifies with what is going on. Let me also say that drama is all about the human condition, with it’s failure, triumphs, weakness, glories, tragic time and it’s hilarity.
This is why the Bible is so dramatic in nature that it reveals the human condition in all its starkness God is very dramatic: Consider the burning bush, the opening of the Red Sea, the Pillar of Fire, the Holy Spirit as a flame, the Crucifixion of Jesus. How much more, dramatic can one get? God is not a dramatist just for the sake of effect.
What he does is to get our attention, so as to prepare us for the message that follows in order to make the message more understood. Sometimes that message is very subtle (Like the word to Elijah in the quiet breath of wind). Sometime a panorama that fills the skies (as did the angel at the birth of Jesus), sometimes it’s very funny (as was the behavious of Balaam’s ass or in the parable of the log of wood in the eye), sometimes it calls for a great sacrifice (as with Hosea’s marriage to a woman he knew would go and prostitute herself).
Most of the messages were not particularly clear at that time (that is, many of Jesus parables) it was only after they were understood.

What can we apply to our drama from this?
1. Work on people’s emotions.
2. Explore the full breadth of the human condition.
3. Let your audience see the reality in what you are dramatizing, making use of costumes, make-ups and properties on stage or set.
4. Don’t try to resolve the issue every time; do not strive for neat endings.
5. Consider different ways of approaching the subject; don’t always go head on
. 6. You are not on stage or set to preach a sermon rather, you are there to minister through drama.
7. Don‘t forget to find out whether you are reaching out to the audience i.e. getting feedbacks. Listen with open ears when acting and don’t be afraid to let our preconception be challenged.
8. Note: The essence of drama is tension. It can be comic tension or dramatic tension. You could almost say that without tension, there is no drama, and sadly most Christian drama messages suffers from this. In other-words characters are wooden, the situation has little relevance to everyday life outside the church, the dialogue is filled with Christian jargons, there is no art, and no sense of real encounter. Because of this, Christians drama has ruined it’s reputation over the years.
Hence, it is not taken seriously by the circular world of theatre.

With this kind of shabby preparations in the Christian drama ministries, tangible growth which will have real impact on churches worldwide will be delayed. There’s a desperate need for trained individuals who have visions for what drama should be like in the church.
We need people who are willing to invest quality time and energy into producing powerful life transforming drama messages.
In addition to the above listed factors that makes a good Christian drama message, the following points are very essential.
9. A good drama message should be well-written. If you want to learn more about this, we have some good Christian drama tutorials and colleges around. Also there are helpful books in libraries written by well-known playwright which you can learn from. 10. A good drama message is well acted and well produced. If your church drama group or ministry lack skills in this area then go for training. Disciples institute of christian Drama will effectively help to bring out the potentials in you for God’s use. 11. A good drama message aims for excellence.
12. A good Christian drama message should not aim at entertainment but soul winning and revival of the body of Christ.

JESUS film EVANGELISM

Millions of people all over the world have not yet gotten over the reverberating effect of Mel Gibson’s PASSION OF THE CHRIST a controversial film that has achieved and unbelievable feat in the Hollywood. Stakeholders at Hollywood have never seen anything like that before.
They were caught unawares by the unusual outstanding success of the film they all rejected when Mel Gibson was looking around for helpers and financial partners to share the burden with. Several film studios turned down his request, whenever they knew it was a Jesus film.
They wanted an action film; they did not want to risk their investment. When there was nowhere to turn to for sponsorship, he looked inward, put his fate in his own hands and dipped his hands into his own account to finance the film on his own. And that was against Hollywood’s normal rule.
To play safe, some investors must always finance a film, but Mel Gibson found none to join him to do a film for Jesus. Driven mad by this vision of doing something for Jesus during his career as a Hollywood Mega-star, he laid down his savings, 30 million U.S dollars to make the film. In Hollywood, 30 million U.S dollars was such a little money for the type of great movies he intended to make. First, because that amount was not even enough to pay most of the Hollywood super stars who could command much viewers if they were cast in the film. Therefore, the film would end-up being a low budget film without stars. Also, it would lack many pre-production and post-production elaborate funfair and publicity gimmicks peculiar to many big budget Hollywood films.
Committing his savings and financing the production of the movie alone on his own was a big risk, for if it failed and people refused to watch the film, he would go bankrupt and it would take a very long time to recover financially, besides the damaging effect of the production failure would have on his reputation as mega-star and a reputable director. So, everything was a risk.
However, Mel Gibson saw the film project more as ministering to souls than as business. Operating on a low budget, he kept stars away from the film and instead, by the help of God, went after unpopular faces. Apart from this, the Lord Jesus he was seeking to glorify raised for him dedicated and faithful crew-members that had skilful hands in Camera works, Lighting and Imaging, Make-up and Costuming, including set designing and special effects.
They were all experienced Hollywood crew, but with a heart to share Mel Gibson visions of making a Jesus film. The various strange experiences on the film location were what confirmed to both the cast and crew members that they were really making a glorious and uncommon movie for Jesus Christ. Jim Caviezel, the actor who played the role of Jesus suffered a lot of pain on set. In an interview with a newspaper, he said, the physical pains of the production forced him into a deeper place in God.
He said “The suffering is the glory” While hanging on the cross during the shooting of the film, he was struck by lighting, which left his hairs standing straight on him. He spent many days nearly naked on a cross in bonchilling weather, while everyone else dressed in thick clothes. While watching the film, during the torturing sequence, the arms of Jesus were spread and tied to the bar of the cross. Then I watched the cross tip over and the heavy wood fell on Jesus.
I squirmed in fright And eventually, I thought it must have been a visual effect, that the director would never have allowed that on set. It was later when I began to read about the movie that I got to discover that, that visual actually happened without any camouflaging effect. Mel Gibson, the director, actually allowed that 150 ibs heavy wood to fall on Jim Caviezel and his shoulder was broken while the camera kept rolling none-stop.
An assistant director was also hit by lighting during the filming. Then, Mel Gibson, the director and producer of the movie, who was a Hollywood Mega-star on his own right, and had played lead role in many blockbuster movies like: :The man without a face” (1993), “Brave heart” (1995), “Play back” (1999) for which he won two Oscar Awards, actually did not count himself fit to play any minor or lead role in this Jesus film. But, do you know the very significant role he played? If you watch the movie, you will discover that the hands that actually placed the nail on Jesus’ hand and hit it into the wood were taken on close-up, the face of the man was not shown. That’s it.
That was his only role in the movie. It was Mel Gibson’s hands that nailed Christ to the cross during the crucifixion scene. He decided to take that decision saying: “It was me who put him to the cross.
It was my sins that put him there”. Can you see that those people who made the film: “Passion of the Christ” knew what they were doing? They were not only acting with their head but also acting with their hearts. Their spirit was in what they were doing. They sacrificed a lot to bring the film out. I believe the Lord blocked off every financial support from Mel Gibson, so that he could rely on Him alone for the success of the movie. Secondly, if paramount Picture, Universal Studios, Twentieth Century Fox or any of those Hollywood film companies had taken over the production from Mel Gibson, it would not be what it is today.
They all turned him back; they never believed any commercial success could come out of the film made on Jesus Christ. So Mel Gibson was left-to seek for God’s help and work on the little money he had. If the big film, companies had accepted to had finance the film, they would have gone ahead to look for star-actors like Tom Hanks, Nicholas Cage or Brad Pitt. Whose pride of their mega-status would have watered down the anointing of the Lord on the movie.
All the cast were all uncommon faces and the film was one of the low-budget major movies in Hollywood, so, all the glory might be to the Lord. That’s a big lesson to us in Nigeria, as we prepare for a great evangelical revolution in the film ministry, you do not need to know any popular faces in an evangelical film to make it have a strong impact in the lives of people.
What you need is the vision, the dedication and the presence of God in the production. Once you intend to make a Christian film that would glorify the Lord, then you had better hand it over to God and allow Him to give you both the message and the messengers. He would anoint whoever He has chosen.
REACTIONS On Ash Wednesday, 25th February, 2004, the day the film was publicly released, it was shown all across the United State, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. And in both U.S. and Canada, it was shown on about 4,700 screens and in over 3,000 theatres with these halls being crowded with anxious audience. Churches were mobilizing themselves to go and watch the movie
. They were buying tickets enbloc for their congregations and were even buying tickets for non-church goers, using that as an opportunity to win more souls for Christ. There were instances of people buying booklets of tickets to give to interested people inviting them to come and watch the movie. There was the story of a man who, after watching the movie, rushed to the police station to confess the crime he had denied about ten years earlier. He had reported that his girl friend committed suicide. The police had visited the scene of the crime, and after a long investigation had been satisfied that he couldn’t have murdered the lady.
However, after watching this heavy movie, he couldn’t live any longer without facing the penalty of his own sin, he went to confess to the police.
The police were amazed and asked to know why he suddenly came to confess after about ten years of the crime. He told them, he had watched the movie, :The Passion of the Christ” and did not want to go to hell. Can you see the awful impact of an evangelical dramatization?
Can you see how powerful this weapon is in the hand of God?

Having gone through this article visit or call DISCIPLES Drama & film Ministries today for powerful and uplifting drama messages of revival and reconciliation for your church programmes and activities.
As you take this bold step of faith, there shall be a rewarding and positive impact in your church and ministry.
“This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people (unbelievers and believers) but also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God” II Cor. 9:12 (Niv)

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IMPACT

dificop — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:26:25 CST

THE SPIRITUAL IMPACTS OF HOME MOVIES
Throughout the history of humanity, DRAMA has remained a very powerful and effective tool of communication .it is the celebration of life .
In its communication function ,it has always remained a reflection of events, a recapitulation and promotion of cultures ; an appraisal of socio-political climates , a critique of religions ,a comparison of characters [and temperaments] ,an x-raying mirror of family/domestic affairs ,a panorama showcasing trends of developments across the globe ,a critical tation of values as lived by people in different societies ,a call on people unto consciousness and involvement, a discussion of ideologies and philosophies ,and many more intentions and purpose behind the mind of the playwright which the directors labours to realize through the actors and actress.
In addition ,DRAMA/MOVIE equally [and in most cases] serves the purposes of recreation and relaxation, indeed entertainment incidentally, this is where most viewers stop ,so even when a piece of drama is loaded with any of these other life celebrating aspects, they are completely [or partly] relegated to the background ,
This ,of course is as a result of lack of perspicacity and therefore of their uncritical involvement in watching the piece of drama or movies as it unfolds. The situation is more serious in the case of the Nigerian home movies surging out from the movie industry and spreading out with the quickness of an epidemic to meet the already and daily increasing waiting consumers .Here ,only what meets the eye and the amount of entertainment derived are the only things that matters. Regarding this we observes that:
At times people are so carried by the entertaining dimension of the movies they watch that the values ,lessons and messages the movie is meant to convey slip-off without being properly grasped”
1.To the necessary question as to what movies are, a practitioner explains thus: Movies are stories of human experience told with the aid of the moving images or pictures .Movie could focus their central theme on a sad human experience, or a happy event, or a mixture of the two ,or a neutral human experience ,or on a comic side of life .In all these ,the moviemaker is always at pains in bringing the message he intends to portray.
2.In purpose, DRAMA and MOVIE are the same thing except that in DRAMA what is performed on stage is thereafter left at the mercy of human memory, while still existing in books that would ordinary take long hours and days to read.
In movies, actions are technically loaded and permanently saved in microwave audio visual records that can be most comfortably kept in homes in hundreds and thousands and each viewed within a few hours.P .T Burns describes movies as …. A photographic projection of continous still images .In contrast to chronophotography ,it is a technical device for achieving the illusion of motion by photographic means .
3.At this point ,we need to add that the Nigeria Moviemaker is fully aware of the sway the sense of sight exercise on the people of our time ,load embellish their movie productions with an endless myriads of things that can most easily catch and entertain the eye in a spell of fantasies .
The elaborate explanation of
A .practitioners about this development cannot be overlooked. More than ever before ,the people of our time are increasingly focusing their attention on what the sense of sight comprehends and delights in. the culture of listening and the field of acquisition of knowledge is being speedily replaced by the alluring culture of gazing ,of watching and of feeding the eyes with pictures and images ,For the people of our time too, what they see appeals and makes more meaning to them than what they now observes through any of the other four key external senses of cognition .
One only needs to visit the cyber cafes and internet providing business centers town to get a blue print of how attractive knowledge can be when packaged and made accessible by mere gazing on the screen ,on the home scene ,the television –set gets people glued to it to the point of unconscious addition . 4.This situation holds out serious dangers not only for adults ,but more especially for youths and little children who in their undiscerning and unsuspecting disposition sit before the screen to feast their eyes [even side by side with their parents] for hours are unending .
In this way a lot of injurious and deadly pills including pornography, sex culture ,immodest dressing ,gun shooting syndrome sagacious discussions and slangs[seeming] triumph fetishism ,the consultation of oracles and shrines and many more have unavoidably become the daily heavy doeses of little and uncritical ,however sometimes most defectively reflected in the Nigeria Home Movies.
Now ,in the name of church that ought to be the conscience of the evil society ,we stand out to show out unaffected solicitude in and through a spiritual touch to the whole situation ,a spiritual approach that must however remain necessarily critical to achieve its intended purpose .
Since it is true that there is more to life and more to every movie than what the eye can see ,what spiritual distilling methods /postures can we adopt and deeply apply to see that the values and lessons communicated in and through such movies would be actually be critically grasped and hence shield ourselves and our children form swallowing hook, line and sinker movies based on what meets the eye? Can anyone validly deny that the huge moral collapse in our children of today ,in homes and In schools is unconnected with what the eyes feeds into the mind via these movies !
What are we Christians doing using the same effective and strong tool of social communication ,[the movie outfit] to drive home Christian messages, lessons and values ? Can the Nigerian Home Movie Industry [NHMI] and the Church have any meeting point in collaborative mission ?
These and related questions informed by a sound Christian spiritual consciousness vis-à-vis the activities of the Nigerian Home Movie Industry must continue to agitate and challenge our minds as we continue to respond to this phenomenon in subsequent editions of this timely magazine.

THEATRE

dificop — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:23:00 CST

DRAMA AND THEATRE

Drama is seen as a literary piece that embraces the socio cultural life of a race , Theatre is the medium of expression for dramatic piece using all the various theatrical contractions , music , dance , songs , props , costumes , makeup , lightings – that gives clearer meaning to the idea conceived by the playwright [ dramatist ] with a considerable attachment to the socio – cultural and historical life of a people in a given place [a stage ] and time for the educational growth and entertainment of a particular audience .
Drama is catalogues as the impulse for the existence of theatre while stage , radio , film ,and television serve as the media of the theatre ,and the society , vis -a –vis , the audience is left with a variety of choice among the various communication channels available in this process .
Drama and theatre are considered as parallel , complementary an alternative engagements since both of them sees society and its history and culture as the pivoting tool to their existence especially in study [scholarship] and practice [professionalism] .for instance , sociologists , historian playwright , director , administrator , designer , musician , choreographer , dancer , voice expert are needed for the sustenance of both drama and theatre ,and these are member of a soceity with history and culture .
Drama is an imitation of human action Drama is a history told in action by actors who impersonate the characters of the story – The characters may therefore be anybody –living or dead ,animate or inanimate ,forces seen or unseen . Drama is a picture or representation of human life in that succession and change of events that we call story , told by means of dialogue and presenting in action the way successive emotions involved .
Drama is a symbolic representation of life in both words and action . Drama is a composition in prose or verse intended to be performed on stage in the full glare of audience. A thorough understanding of what actually constitutes a dramatic experience requires a probe into the philosophy of arts and science , which in a way ,has helped to reposition the theory and criticism of drama from the Greek classical periods to date .
The concept of dramatic in action and experience is borne out of the strong desire to free oneself from the shock of a philosophical experience . An experience that is dramatic could be a personal awareness of the events happening in an individuals environments .
Dramatic experience differs from one individual to another . In a nutshell ,drama is far more than our dramatic experience neither should one be seen as an alternative or substitute from the other . But it may be said that drama could have an emotional effects on reader or audience ,and this may be described as a dramatic effects .
The primary objective of every creative adventure is to express or share feelings , thought and idea in order to advance the intellectual growth of individual and for wider horizon of the society in terms of consciousness and knowledge of development and peaceful co – existence .
.Dramatic themes over the ages , has gone beyond the delicate and abstract relationship between the mythical and spiritual ethos of Greek and medieval eras to the realistic and ideological bents of the contemporary age . The religious origin of drama provided a springboard for the thematic concerns of the Greek , Roman and medieval classical drama .
Theme is however , the central or dominant idea in a literary piece . In a simple language ,theme is the subject of the discourse : a general topic of discussion and in some cases , it is referred to as the Thesis [Thrall et al : 1961 : 486]of a creative piece .Drama ,though is designed to entertained the audience through its stage performance and or reading but with the innovation in the dramatic construct ,the matic preoccupation has to be a great challenge to both the dramatists and their critics .
It would however ,be a misplaced argument if we subscribe to the fact that all plays have single theme to explore based on the overall meaning conveyed to us by the characters in the play ,especially those we consider as the major or the protoganists and the antagonists there could be more than a theme in play , depending on our understanding of the socio-historical and perhaps the psychology of the playwright as reflected in the individual characters and their social events in the play .
Therefore, a play is seen sometimes as having major or main theme or subtheme . The subtheme or meaning did not become a force to be reckoned with before the Elizabeth period when shakespear’s distinguished sub plot from the main plot , whereas a critical look at the Greek plays , especially those of Aristoplanes , provides us with a great variety of themes ,for instance , in Lysistratic the major idea entrenched there in is for the campaign to be brought to an end ,but a closer look revealed that domestic ,economic and political empowerment of women folk are also proposed in this play . Characters and characterization [the dramatic flesh and bones] The dramatic vision of a dramatist can only be brought to live by the characters in his play through their actions
.Characters are the embodiment of virtues and vice in the dramatic treatment of a theme ,in the historical and conventional analysis of a dramatic piece character study may not completely provided the thematic impulse of a play but it is stepping –stone toward the hermanentic interpretation and understanding of the socio-psychological motives [and motif] of drama .
In the Greek classical plays characters are both human and gods :mortals and immortal . They are the symbolic representation of the personalities ,in the society ,created in the imagination of the playwright
.A study of dramatic characters is done on the basis of what they say and do ,what other characters say about them ,what they say about themselves and what the playwright says about them . this is an established approach to character study but beyond the text ,the contemporary study has applied ,both sociological and psychological of the characters traits to the real life personalities in other to x-ray plausibility of their dramatic action.
A dramatic reminder to this however , the progressive force[protoganist or hero]and the opposing force[antagonist or villain]interplay in a dramatic conflict and each of these could be represented by both human and cosmic phenomenon . therefore ,the strength and weakness of both the protoganist and antagonist are determined by their social status and their overall importance in the play ,the individual peculiarities of the characters must be distinguished in the course of analysis against the backdrops of their contributions to the development of dramatic action and theme .

DRAMATIC STRUCTURE VERSUS PLOT
The structural import of a play is significant in determining the dramatic effect of a playwright intends to achieve .
An awareness and a conscious utilization of structural element of dramaturgy heighten the creative and intellectual essence of a play .In the Greek tradition these structural element physical division of plays into acts ,scenes or movement and the use of language –were made as rules foe a “good” play [see Aristotle’s poetics]whereas the nineteenth and twentieth century playwright saw this division ,not in strict terms with the Greek theory, but as an ideological projective mode ,for instance ,Brecht’s plays are ideologically motivated and the structure of his plays is motivated by the demand of his message .

OTHER DRAMATIC CONSIDERATIONS
A textual interpretations of any play requires a basic understanding of the various contradictions that led to the dramatic aesthetic and intellectual import of a play.
Dialogue and language ,dramatic periods and conventions are very vital to the establishment of the literary and ideological content of a play .The dramatic import of a play is imbued with the status and environment of
.In Greek tradition ,dialogue is a reflection of the tragic debate in a play, it is the most distinct feature of drama,for it dictates the dramatic action and conflicts ,apart from the philosophical and general idea ,conversation between two people ]which plato described as the strength of social debate ,dialogue[“embodies certain literary and stylistics values” [Thrall et al op . cit : 139] that are reflective of the creative and intellectual consciousness of the writer

.A textual and structural analysis of any dramatic dialogue reflects the following :
[1].It advances the action in a definite way and is not used as a mere ornamentation .
[2]It is consistent with the character of the speakers ,their social positions and special interest .it varies in tone and expression according to the nationalities ,DIALECTS ,occupations and social levels of the speakers.
[3]It gives the impression of naturalness without being an actual ,verbatim record of what may have been said ,since FICTION .as someone has explained ,is concerned with the ‘’semblance of reality ‘’not with reality itself. [4]It presents the interplay of ideas and personalities among the people conversing :it sets forth a conversational give and take –not simply series of remarks of alternating speakers
[5]It varies in DICTION ,RHYTHM,PHRASING,SENTENCE,LENGTH e.t.c according to the various speakers participating .The best writer of dialogue know that rarely do two or more people of the same cultural character background meet and converse and the dialogue they write mark these differences .
[6]It serves as the hands of some writers to give relief from and lightness of effects to passage which are essentially serious or expository in nature . [ibid:139 –140]. It is rational to sum up the above attributes of dialogue in dramatic discourse as all embracing just as it is a reflection of the psychological and intellectual state of mind of a dramatist represented by a character in his plays
.A conventional study in drama is rooted in the analysis of dialogue especially in terms of what “what the character says about himself” and “what the character says about him” against the playwright description of such character through stage direction .
Dialogue dictates the fluidity and action of a play . Above all this , every dramatic piece is meant for stage performance ,and the performance quality of every play is ,sometimes determined by the dynamics of dialogue especially on how it can evoke a living action and emotional response from the actors and the audience respectively .
A good study ,based on periods and conventions ,is of great value to the intellectual understanding of the variables in the dramatic development. over the ages, These variables have contributed to the creative innovations ,and the metaphysical complexities in drama and theatre .it is however good to note that every age has its own dramatic pattern and composition ,influenced by the socio-political environment ,and its literary traditions.
The contemporary drama is both ideological and experimental ,and multi-stylistic in presentation as the historical , classical , romantic , realistic ,naturalistic styles of old .However ,a dramatic environment or setting [locale] also has a great grip on the substance of dialogue ,language ,imagery[symbol] and the story-events[narrative] in drama .
The exercise of dramatic action must be aligned with a society and a territory recognized and populated by human beings and other character element in a play. .

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DIFICOP T.V

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:IMPACT OF TELEVISION IN THE WORLD TODAY Hell and destruction are never full so the eyes of man are never satisfied prov. 27 :20 There is no doubt that if one searches ,he will find good programmes on the television,but searching for good programme is the missing part of the television culture.
It is no doubt that television informs,educates and entertain; but every good thing must be judged by its ability to influence the society towards goods.

WHAT TELEVISION IS .
1.TELEVISION IS INFLUENTIAL-TELEVISION has influence that hallucinates, which the world has found irresistible . some find it irresistible, when it is on ,they can not ignore it .
2.TELEVISION-is a fore runner of anti –christ;- all the programmes in the agenda of the anti –christ are showing on the television and other electronic media, so as a child of GOD one must be very carefull of what one watch, satanic agents are every where preparing their own for the end time destruction.
3.TELEVISION- is an accessory to crime-youths and adults who indulged in one or more atrocities, or commited crimes generate about 70 percent ideas from the television, statistics has it that before age eighteen ,an average person must have watched 18,000 hours of television, seen 18,000 deaths, violent crashes, rape, murder, arson , and other violent crimes.
It introduces children to early sex , dulls their senses against all forms of violence, and hardens their hearts against all forms of violence, and hardens their hearts against their parents and the society.
Televsion addict is no different from a drug addicts,both need rehabilitation . Child killers carry guns to school , look right in face of their class mates and shoot them down in their desks because their mentor , the television modeled them to believe that violence is a normal way of life .
4 . TELEVISION WASTES TIME – Controlling watching your t .v choose spiritual and mentally healthy programmes only . As a Christian , you must agree that television is not a good incentive to studying the bible , soul winning and drawing you closer to God . Christians must handle television with close fist if they have to keep growing spiritually .
Television is immensely popular throughout the world . Back in 1931 , when television was in it’s infancy , the chair men of the radio corporation of America said , ‘’ The potential audience of television in it’s ultimate development may reasonably be accepted to be limited only by the population of the earth itself .
The number of televisions worldwide is estimated to stand at 1 . 5 billion , with many more viewers . Television plays a major role in peoples lives . if television is a powerful teaching tool – by means of it one may learn about lands and people we may never visit . Television captures the lives of people in both tragedy and triumph . it entertains , instructs , and even inspires .

MOVIES

dificop — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:25:11 CDT

UNDERSTANDING MOVIES PRODUCTION
Apart from food ,clothing and shelter one compelling need man has , is the desire to communicate. The birth of film offered us a great platform to express ideas ,while the development of television /video provided a louder voice .video is a potent tool of communication .it can be used to instruct , entertain, inform and propagate.
If you wish to create a programme either a music promo ,product commercial, a religious show .school drama, educational/social documentary ,feature film, docu drama etc.
It is necessary to understand the process involved in video production. Video production can be divided into three basic stages
1.the pre production 2.production 3. post production

PRE PRODUCTION-Phase is when you make all the arrangements required for a successful recording it involves:
1.scripting 2.budgeting 3.selecting your crew 4.preparing production equipment 5.arranging location 6.costume rehearsals 7.scheduling recording 8.production management. Your first move may be to write the script or define precisely what your production is going to be.
Based on that you work out a budget . You may need to re – work the script to balance with funds available ( cutting your coat according to your cloth).in the alternative you raise more cash to meet script requirement .
At pre production you decide on your technical crew and arrange to get equipment. A director is the artistic head of a production .he interpretes the written script on screen . the director should be keenly involved in the preparation.
At pre- production strategies are devised for a succeful recording ,1. casting ,rehearsals.2.securing locations 3.costuming4.shoot scheduling and other logistics are dililgently workout. Where there is a full production team , there will be people responsible for some of this activity . in some cases one person may combine duties.

PRODUCTION After all the planning and rehearsals the next step is to record . you move to location and shoot. One of the key advantages of video , is the ability to review footage immediately .if you are not satisfied with what you have recorded do it again. Sometimes things may not go according to plan . you may experince technical difficulties or a cast member may fall ill distupting schedules.
Even traffic problems may rob you of valuable production time. It is important to understand this and have secondary plan of action.

POST PRODUCTION THIS is the third phase in shooting , we sometimes record more than we need ,we may film in a sequence that is staccato yet convenient . Editing offers the opportunity to cut pictures and arrange them in the appropriate order ,in postproduction you add:
1.text 2.graphics 3.narration 4.music 5.sound 6.visual effects if necessary ;it is a creative process .a good edit can lift up your work a bad one will ruin it.

CONCLUSION
Video production is an exciting activity .it gives you the power to communicate , but it also calls for proper planning. Pre production is a critical phase and can determine whether your shots will hit target or go off. Production is no less important, after all if you do not record all your preparation will be in vain post production is like knitting bringing all the strands together, tying the loose ends so you can have a beautiful fabric or programme at the end of the day

PRODUCER TIPS

dificop — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:54:11 CDT

TIPS FOR PRODUCERS , DIRECTORS IN MOVIES We are often at loss as to what make , a good movie . Everybody look , first and foremost at the story . is it good ; is the conflict strong enough to carry the viewers through the two hours or less. That constitutes the movie life span ; in a world of changing equipment special effects . computer in links and lighting tricks , it appears it is time to look beyond the story , that is after considering it thoroughly and take a glimpse at how our camera is used . The directors art comes into play here , since his ability to think in pictures is what the mass audience rely on in the final analysis . first of all , what are cameras that are in vogue , or better what are those cameras that enhance a directors art ; well it all depends on what such directors seeks to achieve . The current scream in movie circles is for the betacam sp , some people mistake the UVW version of the betacam FM the [SP] . but experience has shown that the hyper had camera can achieve clearity on U – MATIC that is just as good . , if not better the betacam . But the latest and far most effective cameras are the digital range which enhance a clearity and an editing accessibility that is next to celluloid . Celluloid is the digital too . Once the director has the camera , what does he do with it ; Set it up in a corner of a room and wait for artistes to act in front of it ; we’ve come a long way from Charlie chaplin through Alfred Hitchock , in to SPEILBERG and in this age and century , the camera is mobile . it moves before and with the artiste and captures a desired effect that helps the directors tell his story . 16 UNNECESSARY MISTAKES OF FILM PRODUCERS 1 , LIGHTS ; Under Ligthing , over lighting or over exposure , white colour balancing problems , defective lighting e. t . c 2 , SOUND AND AUDIO ; - Unnecessary background noise , clash of background music / dialogue , how audio level [ technical delivery ] breaks in audio line , synch problem , missing sound effects e.g For phones , gunshots , knocks on door e.t.c ] intrusion of generators noise e.t.c . 3 , LENGTH, DURATION , DESIGN ;- Several two or three parts movies are two long , some could have been resolved in one presentation , several presentation lack artistic design , several language presentation are over crowded with irrelevant players ; Sources of livelihood of most characters ars invariably not presented or woven into stories or even established . Late introduction of characters , excessive use of flashback techniques e.t.c . 4 , BAD OR NOT STRICLY RELEVANT TITLES 5 , SLAGGY SCENES ;- Unduly long scenes , long introduction , prologue or mountage static scenes ; situation of stories , lack of establishing shots ; lack of crowd control [shooting of onlookers into scenes ] wrong institutional representation [ police court , legal system , customs prison, and medical services e.t.c Story Line Development , Dialogue , Weak stories , Lack of linkage in scenes , Hanging of unrelated plots ; Bad dialogue , Bad story structure , Repetition of themes / ideas , Badly written synopsis , Mixtures of local language and the English language , Unnecessary wordiness irrelevant comic interludes . EDITNG ;- Jump , bad or sharp edit technical effects , lack of time lapse irrelevant effects , wrong colour of graphics , making them difficult to read ] , Edit cut dialogue , hanging sounds , missing sequences . VIDEOGRAPHY ;- Soft shots , bad focusing , low picture quality , wrong camera movement static shots e.t.c. MUSIC BUSINESS MANAGEMENT I’ts a serious responsibility like any other professions management which require hard work and effectiveness it is not the type of job that anybody or firm can just wake up one day and decide to involve with because music is fun , in order to manage the business a person or firm must have the ability to listen to others and ready to learn everyday because management of music business is different from other types of business due to the fact that music business changes with time. THREE COMPONENTS OF MUSIC BUSIC MANAGEMENT A,Promotion B, Marketing C, Sales . Promotion is very important The Artistes and his work need promotion in order to make impacts on the buyers and society at large , Artistes works – c . d , tapes , video can be promoted internationally . n International promotion is an investment on their own n Inadquate promotion gives room to piracy , which is a big killer in the industry . n Critics of recording firms stops promotion after they realised their money , so artiste will get little or no royalties . Promotion can be from 1, Recording companies , 2, Artistes manager , 3, Consultant Promotion can be trhough electronic media , print media , live concert , special appearance , i.e , ko ma roll , T.v programmes , others , promotion system can be gotten through research . n Informal discussion with various personalities , or interviews . n Public relation with the print and electronic media practitioner . Recording firms can promote by n Exportation of artistes work across the border n Sponsoring of musical programmes pn radio or T.V n Adverts in newspaper . n Organising live concert n Souvenir [ postal , handbill] can be produced by Artiste manager e.g Badges , T ,shirt , Key holder ,Post cards ,Posters , Stickers . 2 MUSIC BUSINESS MANAGEMENT After promotion . music Business management must pay attention to the marketing of the Artistes and his work . in some cases , marketing consultant can be contracted by the manegement of recording firm or vice – versa as the case may be . Marketing is a very important jobs because the goods and services must be marketable in the place. MRM ;- Must see to the ways and means that local artistes can be marketable outside the country by developing the artiste talents and improving the quality of the work . The rocording company can market the artistes work abroad but the work must be of international standard . A good video package of an artiste s live personal performance plus press cut can be used to introduce artistes to a foreign promoter who may have interest in promoting the artistes abroad . In this country the recording firm do not help in promoting the artiste but they like to claim credit after the success of the artiste. Market reseach / development lead to good marketing result – firm should spend on or invest on reseach – no recording firm csn boost selling 1 million [ 1m] of artiste record why ; they must know ;- Marketing problems area , solution and new idea of marketing and new marketing strategy to be implemented ;- marketing should reach urban and local areas or less the rural area people will buy pirated works. There can be organized mobile musical or video van who can go from village to village especially on market days , i .e eastern boys that sells recorded live plays . QUALIFICATION OF MARKETERS IN MUSIC FIELD --Good personality is essential n The love of the particular music / artiste must be there n Hardship is essential n Must be ready to travel long distances and different places n Good human relation and good sense of humour n Must be ready to accommodate various type of people in various places n Must have a good marketing knowledge . BEFORE SIGNING A CONTRACT A lot is required of an artiste before he approach a record company , talkless signing a contract ; one of it is to have a product that is marketable . A good simple material any one can listen to at first and get cut up , it maus be a material that makes sense with good rhymes . it may be in a drama tape or compact disc . HOW TO GET A RECORD COMPANY TO DEAL WITH YOU Usually if it is a new artiste that has never done anything before in the past , the record company will take him as if they are taking risk let give him a try , In such case they may offer him something ridiculous; that if he or she does not have a manager or somebody to give him advise on what to do so thing first is to ;- 1 , Get a good manager 2 , Find out the credibilities of the record company , study and investigate what they have done with their other artiste , Have they been fair , if you are convince , then you ask youself ; 3 , What form of contract do I intend to sign , is it an exclusive contract a marketing contract or a distribution contract . EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT If you offered this contracts this means the record company believers so much on you and your work . Normally an exclusive contract of such , the terms are mostly for two years , there is no reason of signing a five or ten years contract , if through the years of contract you discover the credibilities of the label then you can review and sign on another contract . In most cases in an exclusive contract , the record company may pay an advance payment for the completion of the recorded work so as to get a master tape . all the advances giving will be debited into an account and later be deducted from the royalties . if the master tape is good then the record company will go ahead do all it takes to promote and market the product . On this contract the record company owns the right for the sound recording while the artiste owns the right on the musical work . MARKETING CONTRACT Artiste most have his recording on a master or compact disc , If the label listens and get satisfied in marketing the product then the condition with the label is on marketing . With the marketing contract you don’t get yourself involve in getting advance for your musical work but the first thing you do is to agree on the terms of your royalties , how and when it will be paid . on this deal the product belongs to the artiste but mean while if during the contract period you discover irregularity ,with the company , you can withdraw your products to another label . Distribution Contract - With this arrangement it implies that the article is financially capable to record , promote the work . Royalties is usually high on this but i expect an up coming artiste not to be too concerened on how much he or she will take . --

SEMINAR

dificop — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:50:33 CDT

MUSICAL DRAMA VIDEO(A NEW TREND IN MUSIC PRODUCTION) MUSIC video –The world over has come to be regarded as an integral means of hitting it big in the music industry,which is why no muscician that want his or her name in gold would fail to shoot a music video for his or her latest release . How soon the video follows the album,however,differs from muscician to muscicain and one clime to the other. Though the financial muscle of the artiste in question or the label the work is being releasesd on is another determining factor. The importance attached to musical video is also though not limited to it ; because it serves as promotional vehicle for the songs and the artistes image . a well handled video enhances the mesasage and the concept of a song ,helping the viewers to understand better the idea behind thesong .then ,of course ,music videos ,musical contents handy for television stations. Purpose of musical video

it helps to boost the sales of the music works
.musical drama video will explain the music contents better
it add to the beauty of thework
musical drama help in giving more publicity and advertisement to the work
musical video is a good tool of promotion before the work is finally available to the final buyer

one of the factors to note in producing the musical video is that the story must flow with the lyrics being delivered by the songsters. All leading muscician embraced musical video and produce it to boost the promotion and sales of their album. The upstarts in the industry have come to join the video shoot vogue.industry green horns who used to hustle from one label to another with a demo tape tucked intheir pockets have moved up they rarely go on such rouds without a video tape of at least one of their tracks. Good number of creative minds have been transforming the industry and churning out videos that have drawn the envy of even foreign folks who before now though the exclusive preserve of good musical videos is theirs . While some of the videos have according to industry very innovative and commendable, works others could not minister as much edifying adjectives. DIGITAL WORLD GLOBAL technological changes are affecting almost every device and the television is not left behind .with a raft of new services ,delivered over new platforms,a transform of the way we watch television is taking place. According to the bbc online ,technological changes make the television to be classified into five groups: 1.digital 2.high definitio 3.personal video recorders 4.on demand computer tv 5.mobile phone tv A- DIGITAL DIGITAL TV can be sent through an aerial ,satellite,cable or phone line, and to watch it you need a set –top box or a built –in –decorder in your tv set. Apart from extra channels, digital also provides improved quality ,electronics programmes guides and interactive features via the red button ,like voting or extra coverage such as sports highlights . While analogue signals work by transmitting sounds and pictures as continuously varying waves ,digital information is sent as compressed computerized pulses of information ,coded as 1s and 0s. Because these signals take up much less space than analogue ,more channels can be squeezed into the same airwaves. In the united kingdom and other parts of the developed world ,digital tv is catching on fast .between 2008 and 2012, the analogue tv signal will be switched off in the uk , meaning the country will have to be 100 per digital. B. HIGH DEFINITION HIGH definition television ,or HDTV ,is a new format for watching programmes , offering sharper ,clearer and brighter pictures and beter sound. You need an HD-READY TV and an HD set top box or decoder to receive the programmes ,which are sent through digital signals. Televisions are considered HD – ready if the sreen has enough pixels to display a high definition picture and must be capable of displaying pictures with either 720 or 1080 horizontal lines.the programmes themselves must be made and transmitted in HD. The BBC is running free trials HD broadcasts, and sky and telewest are offering a commercial HD service .HD films are also available ,but in two different formats –Blu-ray and HD-DVD. C-PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDERS. Personal video recorders record digital televison straight onto computer-like hard drives. They let you pause, rewind and repay action on screen while you are recording a programme –allowing for time –shift viewing of live tv. PVRs have built –in programme guides ,making it easier to choose what to record .some models let you tell them to always record your favourite soap, or tape all programmes on a specific subject. Most PVRs are combined with a digital TV service –such as sky or freeview. D-ON DEMAND” “On demand ‘means being able to throw away the tv schedule and watch what you want ,when you want . dedicated services- such as home choice and BT vision in the uk – send shows and films over a broadband connection to your tv via a set –top box also ,viewers can watch at leisure on a computer,with many US networks already offering hit shows online and UK broadcasters fast catching up. The missing link with this option is the device that connects or combines the computer and the tv. E.TV MEETS COMPUTER Connecting your TV to your computer ,or just having one machine that does both things, is expected to be big . This will open up a huge library of video from the internet to watch on your TV as well as using the computer ‘s memory as a PVR. THERE is some way to go before the technology and usability are slick enough to make it truly viable ,but microsoft’s media center has made a start. Apple will bring out its TV, doing a similar thing,early next year .and games consoles such as the Xbox 360 let you download shows to watch on tv A device called the sling box could really shake things up,beaming your home TV SIGNAL to any computer wherever you are in the world. F.MOBILE TV TO go –mobile operators are working on providing more choice. Mobile phones can now be used to watch television on the move. High- speed connections on the 3G NET work enable pockets of information to be watched on mobiles, but this bears a heavy load on network. Competing technologies {DAB-IP AND dvB-H ) ARE being trialled by phone manufacturers to let more people watch the same shows simultaneously. All mobile operators offer some sort of video service, with some now able to receive BBC one and ITVI live,while others allow you to watch a wide range of made for –mobile ‘channels or download clips. As well as mobile phones, watching shows or video prodcasts on ipods and other MP3 players is becoming increasing popular.